xserver-xorg (1:7.4+1) unstable; urgency=low
* Changes in handling of input devices
Starting from this version, input devices are no longer configured
statically in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Instead, input devices are detected at
runtime (and can be hotplugged) and configured individually. The default
keyboard layout is shared with the console and is configured in
/etc/default/keyboard. As a result, devices configured in xorg.conf to
use the mouse or kbd driver are ignored by the X server by default.
For more details, see:
https://who-t.blogspot.com/2008/12/evdev-xorgconf-hal-and-other-fud.html
https://who-t.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-keyboard-configuration-handling.html
* keycodes changes will break custom Xmodmaps
As a result of using the evdev driver for keyboards on Linux, the keycodes
for some keys are no longer the traditional xfree86 ones. This will break
custom Xmodmaps relying on the old keycodes. You'll need to re-configure
these custom maps with the new keycodes.
* Linux kernel configuration requirement
The evdev X driver can't work if the CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV option is disabled
in your kernel configuration. You'll have to either enable this kernel
option, or disable the "AutoAddDevices" option in xorg.conf.
-- Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:01:11 +0200
xserver-xorg (1:7.0.15) unstable; urgency=low
* As of this release, we now begin actively modifying customized
xorg.conf's. We now do the following:
+ Remove lines to load the glcore and speedo modules
+ Update the font paths for misc, cyrillic, Type1, 100dpi, and 75dpi fonts
to be /usr/share/fonts/X11 rather than /usr/lib/X11/fonts
+ Remove the ModulePath and RgbPath directives if present
Your old xorg.conf is backed up before this is done so you can revert
any changes we make automatically.
Note that there is a bug in the script that allows for duplicate font
paths entries after migration. While these should be harmless, you may
want to clean them out if they do occur in your xorg.conf. If you've
gone and listed /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts explicitly in your config
file, that is not handled either and you'll want to remove this line by
hand.
-- David Nusinow <dnusinow@debian.org> Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:39:08 -0400
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